Computer Security Day is a much needed day to remind us to practice caution with our tech and remain vigilant when sharing our personal information. Click to read
PCPC traveled to Continuum’s intensive Navigate2018 conference in Boston for the week of 09/24/2018. Continuum is PCPC’s strategic partner for providing end to end powerful cybersecurity solutions. With their 1400 staff worldwide Continuum has provided PCPC powerful resources to support and protect our clients 24x7. In the U.S. their Help Desk center in Pittsburgh and their Security Operations Center in Atlanta are key components of PCPC’s leveraging the New York based managed services firm.
California governor Jerry Brown signed a new cybersecurity law governing the internet of things. The bill (SB 327) mandates that any maker of an internet connected or “smart” device ensure that the gadget has a “reasonable” security feature to “protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure”.
Effective January 1st, 2020 any device that can be accessed outside a local area network without a personal password, needs to either come with a unique password for each individual device or force users to create their own password the moment first time connect.
The internet is a phenomenal and essential resource in our daily lives. Over the past decade, the internet has become increasingly more intrinsic in our routines. This great resource has developed from a luxury (albeit a slow one that tied up our phone lines) to a necessary utility that we essentially live off of.